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ROSIN HOLDER FOR VIOLINS.

No. 331,751. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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JAMES W. ANGUS, OF MACON CITY, MISSOURI.

ROSlN-HOLDER FOR VIOLINS.

@PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,751, dated December 8, 1885.

Application filed February 11, 1885. Serial No. 155,585.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES XV. ANGUS, of Macon City, Macon county, Missouri, havein vented a new and Improved Rosin-Holder for Violins, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to providea new and improved rosin-ho1ding attachment for violins, whereby the rosin will be held in such a manner that it is at all times handy and convenient.

The invention consists in a plate having lugs for holding it on the violin, and with spring-jaws for holding the piece of rosin.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rosin-holder, the same being held on the head of a violin. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the holder.

A plate, A, has its end edges bent down to form lugs B, having notches or recesses O in the edges for the keys D, and on the under side of the plate A a plate, E, is held at right angles by a rivet, H, and has its ends bent upward and then downward,to form springjaws E for holding the piece F of rosin. The jaws E are at right angles to the lugs B, and project in an opposite direction to the lugs B. The distance between the lugs B is equal to the width of the violin-head G, and the holder is (ModeL) placed on the back of the head, the lugs}B resting against the sides of the head, whereby the v holder is held on the head, as shown. The rosin F is pressed in. between the spring-jaws E and can easily be removed for applying it on the bow, or the rosin can remain in the holder and the bow can be passed over the rosin while the sanieis held between the jaws.

The holder may be held on any other part of the violin, if desired.

If desired, the plates E and A may be soldered together, or they may be made of one piece.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the metallic plate A, shaped withlugs B at a distance apart equal to the thickness of a violin-head,and the plate E, secured midway to the said plate A and bent at its ends,forming springs,substantially as shown and described, whereby the device may be secured upon the head of a vio1in,and whereby rosin may be held, as set forth.

2. In a rosin-holder for violins, the combination, with the plate A, having its ends bent to form lugs B, having notches O, of the plate E, secured transversely on the plate A and having its ends bent to form spring-jaws E, substantially as herein shown and described.

JAMES W. ANGUS.

Witnesses:

Mosns GILMAR SMITH, S. G. BROOK. 

